Yuan Wencai (袁文才; also Yuan Xuansan 袁選三) was a former bandit chieftain who operated in the mountainous area of Jinggangshan in Jiangxi province, China, from 1923, and then joined the communists, becoming a protégé of Mao Zedong during their formative period in the Jiangxi Soviet. However, this caused his own life in the following power struggle within the Communist Party of China.
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